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‘Go-to tractors’ for dairy farmers

Nick Stubbs and his father have farmed in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands for many years. They run a dairy, and grow maize and ryegrass for cow feed. Stubbs is general manager of the Stubbs Farming Partnership, and says the operation is always developing. It recently diversified into avocado production.

Stubbs manages a herd of Holstein cows that ranges between 2 500 and 3,000 animals. “Our aim is for high input and

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